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Brave Bang Bravern!

Brave Bang Bravern! (勇気爆発バーンブレイバーン, Yūki Bakuhatsu Bān Bureibān), also known as Bang Brave Bang Bravern, is an original Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Cygames, animated by CygamesPictures, and directed by Masami Ōbari, with series composition by Keigo Koyanagi, mechanical designs by MORUGA and Mizuki Sakura, and character designs by Kouichi Motomura based on Kamokamen's original designs.

It aired from January to March 2024 on TBS and its affiliates.

Story

Lewis Smith and Isami Ao meet each other in Oahu, Hawaii during joint American-Japanese military exercises under AD-RIMPAC when a mysterious enemy invades the island. When all hope seems lost, a mysterious talking robot named Bravern appears and asks Isami to pilot him into battle, revealing that the invaders are "Deathdrives", super robots who rely on the power of humans to pilot them.

After the first Deathdrive, Superbia, is destroyed, he ejects a young woman named Lulu, who Lewis cares for until she recovers. Upon awakening, she begins to develop both physically and mentally, learning to speak, eat, and walk.

Characters

Main characters

Isami Ao (イサミ・アオ): Voiced by: Ryōta Suzuki; A soldier in the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces. He is the only one who can pilot Bravern, as he only allows him to pilot him.
Lewis Smith (ルイス・スミス, Ruisu Sumisu): Voiced by: Yōhei Azakami; A soldier in the US Marine Corps, who befriends Isami after Bravern arrives. He later dies during the battle against Vanitas, Pessimism, and Knuth, but is reborn as Bravern after his ghost merges with his Titanostrider and Knuth, with Knuth's power sending him back in time to the beginning of the Deathdrive invasion. He is resurrected following the final battle against Verum Vita.
Bravern (ブレイバーン, Bureibān): Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura; A talking super robot who arrives to defend Earth from the Deathdrives. He seems to know Isami and will only let him pilot him. It is later revealed that he is Lewis, who was reborn after his ghost merged with his Titanostrider and Knuth, with Knuth's power sending him back in time to the beginning of the Deathdrive invasion.
Lulu (ルル, Ruru): Voiced by: Saya Aizawa; A mysterious young woman who Lewis finds on the shore of Oahu and is Superbia's pilot.

Allied Task Force

Hibiki Rio (ヒビキ・リオウ, Hibiki Riō): Voiced by: Yume Miyamoto
Miyu Katō (ミユ・カトウ): Voiced by: Ai Kakuma
Honoka Suzunagi (ホノカ・スズナギ): Voiced by: Kaori Maeda
Karen Aldrin (カレン・オルドレン, Karen Orudoren): Voiced by: Yukiyo Fujii
Nina Kowalski (ニーナ・コワルスキー, Nīna Kowarusukī): Voiced by: Nanako Mori
Hal King (ハル・キング, Haru Kingu): Voiced by: Kenta Miyake
Thomas J. Prahmman (トーマス・J・プラムマン, Tōmasu J Puramuman): Voiced by: Tomoyuki Shimura
Isao Kawada (イサオ・カワダ): Voiced by: Hiroshi Shirokuma
Akira Mishima (アキラ・ミシマ, Akira Mishima): Voiced by: Shiori Izawa
Shelley Rolen (シェリー・ローレン, Sherī Rōren): Voiced by: Saki Yoshida
Richard Haze (リチャード・ヘイズ, Richādo Heizu): Voiced by: Kazuhiro Nakaya
Kazuki Tōdō (カズキ・トウドウ): Voiced by: Taichi Takeda
Joshua (ジョシュア, Joshua): Voiced by: Yuna Kamakura

Bundeswehr

Heidemarie Barrow (ハイデマリー・バロウ, Haidemarī Barō): Voiced by: Yū Asakawa

CIA

Bob Craib (ボブ・クレイブ, Bobu Kureibu): Voiced by: Chō

Deathdrives

Superbia (スペルビア, Superubia): Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita
Cupiridas (クピリダス, Kupiridasu): Voiced by: Tetsu Inada
Knuth (クーヌス, Kūnusu): Voiced by: Atsuko Tanaka
Vanitas (ヴァニタス, Vanitasu): Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa
Pessimism (ペシミズム, Peshimizumu): Voiced by: Chafurin
Segnitis (セグニティス, Segunitisu): Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi
Ira (イーラ, Īra): Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda
Popalchipum (ポーパルチープム, Pōparuchīpumu): Voiced by: Fumihiko Tachiki
Verum Vita (ヴェルム・ヴィータ, Vuerumu Vuīta): Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya

Media

Anime

The opening theme song is "Babān to Suizan! Bānbureibān" (ババーンと推参！バーンブレイバーン, "Ba-Bang to Suisan! Bang Bravern"), performed by Kenichi Suzumura, while the ending theme song is "Sōen no Shōzō" (双炎の肖像, "Portrait of Twin Flames"), performed by Ryōta Suzuki and Yōhei Azakami.

An advance screening of the first two episodes was held at Toho Cinemas in Roppongi Hills on December 10, 2023.

Crunchyroll licenses and streams the series under the title Brave Bang Bravern!, which is also available in India. Aniplus Asia streamed the series in Southeast Asia.

Episodes

Web radio

A web radio program hosted by Ryōta Suzuki and Yōhei Azakami began streaming via Cygames Anime's YouTube channel on January 17, 2024, under the title Original TV Anime “Yūki Bakuhatsu Bān Bureibān” Web Radio (オリジナルTVアニメ「勇気爆発バーンブレイバーン」Webレイディオ).